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Report / White Goods Repair for a Circular Economy
The Circular Economy Skills Initiative (CESI), developed in 2021 by WEEE Ireland, the White Goods Association and FIT, highlighted the limited amount of data available in relation to existing repair options put in place by producers of home appliances in Ireland. This finding led to commissioning the consultancy dss+ to survey producers.
The study was conducted by dss+ on behalf of WEEE Ireland, ERP, and the White Goods Association. The repair data survey was administered in February and March 2022 to over 20 home appliances producers trading on the Irish market, and it gathered 2020 data for the Republic of Ireland. The survey completion rate was 54.5% which we estimate is around 65% of the LHA and C&F Irish POM for 2020.
It replicated the survey methodology used for previous work at EU level with APPLiA, the trade association for the home appliance industry in Europe, and gathered data related to:
- Job creation in the repair & reuse sectors
- Number of products repaired
- Replacements & spare parts
- Stock Keeping Units
- Repair Costs
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